Cerilian fighting styles
Here are a few of the fighting styles used on the continent.
Maximillian fencing
Description: A fencing school of the Imperial City, Maximillian fencing
starts with the basics, and then proceeds to defense and non-lethal options,
with a dash of panache.
Primary skills: Fencing, Main-gauche.
Secondary skills: Boxing, Acrobatics, Cloak.
Optional skills: Knife throwing, First aid.
Maneuvers: Disarm (fencing), Feint (fencing), Hit location (fencing),
Slip, Close Combat (basket hilt), Initial carving.
Alamien Fencing
Description: Alamien fencing is very fast-paced and aggresive. It is more
or less a "clean" style, emphazising skilled rapier thrusts.
Primary skills: Fencing (Alamien), Main-gauche.
Secondary skills: Acrobatics.
Optional skills: Knife throwing, fast draw rapier, fast draw main-gauche.
Maneuvers: Draw cut, slip out & attack, feint (fencing), hit location
(fencing), lunge, riposte (fencing).
Notes: Alamien fencing is identical to Saviolo fencing (parry at 1/2
skill, dodge bonus as for Boxing).
Avanien Fencing
Description: Avanien fencing is up-close and brutal. A skilled practitioner
makes sure to have a lot of different attack options against his foes,
and keeps them at a disadvantage at all times.
Primary skills: Fencing, Main-gauche fastdraw knife, wrestling.
Secondary skills: Acrobatics, knife throwing.
Optional skills: Style analysis.
Maneuvers: Arm lock, Close combat (main-gauche), close combat (fencing),
corps-a-corps, head butt, knee strike, piledriver, off-hand weapon training
(main-gauche).
"Hyperfighting"
Description: Swift. Brutal. Low-slashing. Going for the kill.
Primary skills: One of Broadsword, Bastard sword or 2H sword.
Secondary skills: Shield.
Optional skills: The two skills not chosen as primary.
Maneuvers: Disarm (primary), Feint (primary), Beat and attack, Fight
while crouching, Hit location (primary).
Cinematic skills: Power blow, Pressure points, Parry missile weapons.
Anuirean knightly combat
Description: Just about every anuirean nobleman or warrior of haelyn is
trained in this combat style. This is not a flashy style, and it stresses
power and relentlessnes over speed.
Primary skills: Broadsword, Lance, Riding, Shield.
Secondary skills: 2H sword, Spear, Tournament law.
Optional skills: Axe/mace, Flail, 2H axe/mace, Shortsword.
Maneuvers: Beat and attack, Shield press, Feint.
Cinematic maneuvers: Enhanced parry, Enhanced block.
Cinematic skills: Power blow.
Haelyn's Aegis combat training
Description: This is the fighting style taught by the temple of Haelyn's
Aegis. It is a no-nonsense style intended for war.
Primary skills: Shield, Broadsword, Axe/mace.
Secondary skills: Twohanded sword, Lance, Flail, Brawling, Riding.
Optional skills: Parry missile weapons.
Cinematic skills: Immoveable stance.
Maneuvers: Disarming block, Shield bash, Up from hell (from Broadsword
or Axe/mace or tactics).
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